BRIDGING THE GAP HOW CAN WE DEAL WITH THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?

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SOMEONE WHO GREW UP ALONG- SIDE TECHNOLOGY AND NEVER HAD TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT. (WANG, 2013) DIGITAL NATIVE

DIGITAL IMMIGRANT Someone who had to adapt to using technology. (Wang, 2013)

“OKAY, WE’VE DONE OUR EDITS… PLEASE GO HOME AND PRINT OUT A FINAL DRAFT”

“C’MON… I’M NOT GONNA RE-DO THE WHOLE THING!”

“WHAT DO I NEED THIS FOR ANYWAY?”

THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS A TERM MEANT TO EXPRESS THE GAP BETWEEN THOSE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THOSE WITHOUT (MCCOLLUM, 2011) THERE IS ALSO A GAP BETWEEN THOSE WHO KNOW HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY AND THOSE WHO DON’T. (DORNISCH, 2013) A FINAL ASPECT TO LOOK AT ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T SEE ANY BENEFIT TO TECHNOLOGY. (MOLINARI, 2011)

So what… there’s a few less people on social media… right?

Jobs

College

Financial Aid

Health Care

Banking

“IN UPSCALE AND PREDOMINANTLY WHITE MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE CHELSEA, THE VILLAGE, BATTERY PARK AND THE UPPER EAST SIDE, FEW HOUSEHOLDS HAVE NO BROADBAND ACCESS — AROUND 10%. IN THE LOWER-INCOME AND PREDOMINANTLY MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS OF EAST HARLEM AND THE LOWER EAST SIDE, NEARLY 40% OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE NO BROADBAND ACCESS.” (SMITH, 2014) PHOTO ILLUSTRATION JR/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS; PHOTO BY GETTY A breakdown by borough of households without computers in New York City.

95% OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES OF OVER $75,000 A YEAR USE THE INTERNET REGULARLY COMPARED TO 53% OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES LESS THAN $30,000. (HWANG, 2008) ROUGHLY 1.7 MILLION NEW YORKERS ARE LIVING BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY THRESHOLD ($11,170 PER INDIVIDUAL OR $23,050 PER FAMILY OF FOUR). (ROBERTS, 2014)

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

NETIQUETTE

Studies have shown that low income students use technology most often for remediation, while their middle class and affluent peers use technology for researching and presenting information. (Goode, 2010)

What can we do? How can we help?

“The mission of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child”

Chrome Book ~$200 Tablet $50 - $400

Raspberry Pi $45

If kids are given access to technology and proper encouragement they will learn. (Mitra, “The Child-Driven Education” 2010) Many experts in the field of education agree that active learning, learning that arises from the production of knowledge, not by receiving it passively is the best way to ensure students are learning. (Chelliah & Clarke, 2011; Afzal, 2010; Waidelich,2012) The question needs to be addressed as to whether the learning is meaningful, or whether it’s a side effect of the excitement of using technology. (McCollum, 2011)

EDUCATORS NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE ALIGNMENT OF INSTRUCTION TO TECHNOLOGY. (NWORIE, 2009 AS CITED BY CHELLIAH & CLARKE, 2011)

References Afzal, M. N. (2010). Active learning. Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 3(1), 3-4. Retrieved from Chelliah, J., & Clarke, E. (2011). Collaborative teaching and learning: overcoming the digital divide?. On the Horizon, 19(4), Dornisch, M. (2013). The Digital Divide in Classrooms: Teacher Technology Comfort and Evaluations. Computers in the Schools, 30(3), (2012). Empower your students and yourself as digital citizens. American Teacher, 96. Retrieved September 20, 2014, from the ProQuest database. Goode, J. (2010). The Digital Identity Divide: How Technology Knowledge Impacts College Students. New Media & Society, 12(3), Hewson, K. (2013). What size is your digital footprint?. Phi Delta Kappan, 94(7), Hwang, H. I. (2008, Winter). THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. The Next American City,, 34-37, Retrieved from McCollum, S. (2011). Getting past the 'digital divide'. The Education Digest, 77(2), Retrieved from Mitra, S. (n.d.). The child-driven education. Sugata Mitra:. Retrieved September 28, 2014, from

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